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European Union
Baltic Media Alliance Ltd v Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (C-622/17)
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47

Baltic Media Alliance Ltd v Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (C-622/17)

Judgment of 4 Jul 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-622-17/para_47@2026-11-11

47While that is a question of fact which is for the referring court to assess, the Court may nevertheless provide that court with the points of interpretation of EU law which it requires in order to decide the dispute before it.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-622/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:566
Decided: 4 Jul 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Vilniaus apygardos administracinis teismas (Regional Administrative Court, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Applicant: Baltic Media Alliance Ltd
Defendant: Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija
Rapporteur: C. Vajda
Advocate General: H. Saugmandsgaard Øe
Bench: 5 judges
A. Arabadjiev, K. Lenaerts, T. von Danwitz, C. Vajda, P.G. Xuereb
Language: Lithuanian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0622

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Freedom to provide services

History · 1 version

4 Jul 2019Reading

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Interprets 1: Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 5: European Commission v Hungary (C-769/22); Protéines France and Others v Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique (C-438/23)2 provisions; Reti Televisive Italiane SpA (RTI) v Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (C-255/21); Citizens' Committee of the European Citizens' Initiative 'Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe' v European Commission (T-158/21); X BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (C-160/18)
Cites 11: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Andy Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18); Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance); Aleksei Petruhhin v Latvijas Republikas Ģenerālprokuratūra (C-182/15); Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-583/11 P); Mesopotamia Broadcast A/S METV and Roj TV A/S v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-244/10, C-245/10); Konsumentombudsmannen (KO) v De Agostini (Svenska) Förlag AB and TV-Shop i Sverige AB (C-35/95 and C-36/95) (C-34/95, C-35/95, C-36/95); The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Ireland Ltd v Stephen Grogan and others (C-159/90); Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1997 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities; Baltic Media Alliance Ltd v Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (C-622/17); Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities